Nerfherders [Facebook] Contest

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ILM Vintage Picture Posers

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In late 2025, Nerfherders had a contest to pose as an ILMer in a vintage picture.  In two days, in a cold garage I guestimated and built a wooden frame like the one used in the original ANH Star Destroyer.  Actually got pretty close just throwing it together.​

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Status:  Completed

Plexig

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A Long Time Ago...

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I quickly needed something to represent​ the paper covering on the original plexiglass used by ILM, so I printed (on green paper) the opening crawl and script from Star Wars: A New Hope.  Fun easter egg up close.

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Status:  Completed

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Posing as Grant McCune

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Oh the hair!

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I found a wig​ that matched fairly close to Grant McCune's hair in the original picture.  I am a bit "taller" than he, but was so much fun posing the exact same way.  I was disappointed in the fake beard, though, as it did NOT match the ad where I bought it from.  Still... so much fun!  I took a SILVER (2nd) in the international contest!

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Status:  Completed

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Hey There!​​

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The Men of March

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Aaaaannnddd... holy crap... they also (later) made a calendar out of our entries!  ​I am one of the Mr. March calendar boys... enough said, LOL!

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Status:  Completed

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Wonderfest 26 Van Nuys

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How Close were we?

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For the Van Nuys ILM Model Shop​ exhibition, I had some time right before the show, so I fleshed out the armature more fully, but adding the back-end piping and acrylic strips down the sides.  My original quick weekend guestimation was pretty close... only off a half inch height in the back, and only one middle edge was just a bit out of whack.  Not bad for basically a prototype / study model.  Will make the real one from what I learned doing this.

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Status:  Completed

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On Display!

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A place in history!

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The ​prototype armature took it's place as a part of the Van Nuys 50th Anniversary of the original ILM Model Shop... since the main table from the previous shots was actually built out with all of the X-Wings, the Y-WIngs, and the TIE Fighter, I simply located it back in the workshop next to the backdrop Millenium Falcon.  Made a fitting and subtle "model" just waiting to be fleshed out by the original ILM masters.

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Status:  Completed

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